Bale-tie.



No. 764,351. PATENTED JULY 5, 1904.

A. A. 00E.

BALE TIE.

APPLIOATION PILEDMAY 2. 1903.

no MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented July 5, 1904.

PATENT OEEicE.

AI) I)ISON A. OOE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HUGH DE HAVEN,

' OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,351, dated July 5, 1904..

Application filed May 2,1903. Serial No. 155,288. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADDISON A. COE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn borough, New York city, State of New York, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Bale-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of baleties more especially intended for baling cotton, in which ease of application should be combined with strength in holding, and particularly the capacity for holding soft-metal stock.

My invention consists in providing two metal links adapted to receive the two ends of the bale-strap, threaded through them from opposite directions in such a manner that the pull exerted by the bale produces suflicient friction between the two overlapping ends to prevent their being Withdrawn by said pressure.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of two links in what I consider to be the best form. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the two links of Fig. 1 associated to gether and threaded by the bale-strap. Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 2, Fig. A is a vertical section of Fig. 2.

Same letters indicate similar parts in the different drawings.

A B are the two links.

C (l are the meeting ends of a bale-strap.

The link A, Fig. 1, is an ordinary-shaped link of round metallic wire. The stapleshaped piece of metal B may, as shown in Fig. 1, have one of the four sides removed, as when used in connection with the link A in Fig. 1 this fourth side performs no function.

piece B over the curved open end and tipped forward, so as to lie in the bend b, with the link A parallel with the curved end of the piece B. This position is necessary to make the pressure subsequently exerted by the bale draw the link A more lirmly into the depression d. If the link A were kept at the opposite angle, the pull of the bale-strap would tend to draw the link A out of the depression and over the end of the piece B, thus unfas-' toning the halo. The other end of the balestrap is then passed around the bale and threaded through the bale-tie by passing under the bar 0, which forms one end of the piece B, thence through the link A, so as to lie upon the end of the bale-strap first inserted. When thus threaded, it will be found that the pressure or pull created by the tendency of the cotton-bale to expand only serves to draw the ends of the strap into more powerful frictional contact with each other, and thus in a very simple Way I am able to secure a very successful fastening.

It will be understood that instead of passing the loose end of the bale-tie forward, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, it may be bent back upon itself; but this method is not so advantageous, because it is not so readily applied in view of the tendency of the bale to expand during the tying of the bale, and a bale-tie thus threaded does not hold quite so well during transportation.

, I claim- A bale-tie consisting of a link and a staplcshaped piece of metal, adapted to receive the simple link over one of its ends, and so arranged that by threading the end of a balestrap through said devices in opposite directions, the pull exerted by the expanding pres sure of the bale serves to hold said link lirml y in the bend in the staple-shaped piece of metal.

. ADDISON A. 00E. Witnesses:

W. H. AemooLA, B. Ci-iAnNonr Non'runur. 

